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1 What do you know about tennis? 2 Listen and read. ~ 34

Tennis is a very popular sport all over the world. Every year, tennis fans watch
the Wimbledon Championships, the French Op,en, the US Open or the
Australian Open to see their favourite players. Tennis is also an Olympic sport.

In 1873, people started to
How did the game of tennis begin?
play tennis outside. They
In the 12th century, people in France called the outdoor game
played a game called "Paume" . At first. "lawn tennis". There were
they hit a ball with the palms of their new rules and a different
hands. Later, they started wearing a leather court. Lawn tennis is the
glove to hit the ball. same as modern tennis.

In the 16th century, people used simple In 1877,22 tennis players entered the first World Tennis
rackets to play Paume. They started to call Championship at Wimbledon in the UK. The first winner
the game "Tennis", because the players was Spencer Gore. At first, only men played tennis at
shouted the French word "Tenez!" ("Let's Wimbledon, but in 1884, women started playing in the
play") at the start of each game. Many
kings in Europe played tennis. King Henry
VIII of England loved the game. He built an
indoor tennis court at his favourite palace.
sisters to win
Olympic gold
medals in

3 Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings
and then check them in the Workbook 4 Dictionary.

fans medals championship leather court hit rules

4 Read again and complete the sentences.

1 The game of"Paume" came from _____ _ 2 People wore leather to
hit the ball.

3 "Tenez" is a word. 4 Henry VIII built a tennis
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at his palace.

5 In 1873, people played tennis ____ _ 6 Spencer Gore was the first
of Wimbledon .
• Unit 4 Words in context: tennis Reading: a history poster